May’s Sneak Attack!!! Deer Tigers and Cherokee Culture in the Smoky Mountains

May’s Sneak Attack!!! Deer Tigers and Cherokee Culture in the Smoky Mountains

Join Sneak for facts about our next Storypillar destination and kid-approved jokes that will make you laugh your face off!

Region: The Smoky Mountains

Facts: The Great Smoky Mountains; Sequoya, Ayoka, and the written Cherokee language; the first Cherokee newspaper; Traditional Cherokee games

Animals: Mountain lions, aka deer tigers, aka pumas, aka the mammal with the most names EVER!

Jokes: Cats and mountain lions!

Links for Kids:

Traditional Cherokee Games

Why are the Smoky Mountains Smokey?

Mountain Lion Facts for Kids

Trail of Tears Resources:

https://historyforkids.org/trail-of-tears/

For Our Long-time Storypillar Friends: Today’s episode might sound familiar. That’s because we’ve learned a lot over the past four years and decided to give some of our favorite episodes a fresh sound. We hope you enjoy this brand-sparkling new version with even more catchy music, ridiculous jokes, and silly shenanigans…we made it just for YOU! ❤️

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Created, Written, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art:

Mackenzie Allison and Meg Lewis

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-Freesound.org

-Joke Time Song: https://freesound.org/people/BlondPanda/sounds/659889/

-Silly Country Rhyme Song: BackgroundMusicforVideo

-Episode Refresh Song: Grumpynora

-Pixabay Artists: Music_for_Creators; SergePavkinMusic

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